MS Jutlandia — Custom LEGO® Hospital & Passenger Ship Model

A monumental 1:38 scale replica of a storied 1930s Danish ship

• Commissioned by: LEGO® CEE Team (gifted to LEGO® Campus)
• Scale: approx. 1:38
• Model Length: 325 cm
• Built: 2013–2014
  

About MS Jutlandia

MS Jutlandia was commissioned by the East Asiatic Company in 1934 and served as a combined passenger and cargo ship on routes between Copenhagen and Bangkok. During the Korean War (1951–1952), she was refitted as a hospital ship—earning the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation—then later served as a royal yacht before being decommissioned in 1965.

Technical Specs & Build Process

• Hull-based on 1934 Maierform bow design
• Bricks: Up to ~100,000 elements
• Design & Build Timeframe:
• CAD design (MLcad): ~5 months (April–August 2013)
• Shipment delay caused build periods between Nov 2013 and Dec 2014
• Brick construction: ~6 months of evening work
  

Community & Media Praise

• The Brothers Brick: “Absolutely stunning… took 11 months… over 10 ft long… 90,000–100,000 pieces total”ckrterest+10
• Eurobricks (official Konajra thread):
  A sustained build thread praising the model's complexity and historical fidelity
• The LEGO Car Blog: “Konajra has clicked approximately 100,000 LEGO pieces together… It’s big enough that we lost more than a few Elves for several hours.”
• Pinterest:
  Highlighted for its iconic design and historical subject—a recognized favorite among hospital ship replicas
  
• The LEGO® beam trawler has been celebrated on Flickr and featured in LEGO fan media, with viewers calling it “incredible work” and “highly detailed” for its deck scenes and authentic shape.
• Link to FLickr Photo Album

Why This Model Stands Out

• Scale & ambition: At over 3 m long, it’s KONAJRA’s largest and most ambitious project.
• Honor & history: Portrays a ship that served as a passenger liner, Korean War hospital vessel, and royal yacht.
• Engineering feat:
• Expert scaling, structural framing, and recreating interiors like wheelhouse and forecastle—all in LEGO® brick
  

The Build

• This LEGO® model—Konajra’s largest ever—measures an impressive 3.25 m in length, with a width of 43 cm and height of 1.5 m. Built specifically for LEGO® World Copenhagen 2015 and now on display at the LEGO® Campus in Billund, it was constructed using 90,000–100,000 bricks
• While the hull and lower structures were digitally designed in MLcad over a 5-month period, the upper decks, superstructure, masts, and fine details were built freehand. Time constraints meant the digital design was left unfinished, and to ensure the model would be ready for shipment to Copenhagen in 2015, these elements were constructed directly in brick—on the fly.
• "Maybe one day the digital file will be completed, but for now, the physical build tells the story.”
• Construction was spread over several months of evening work between late 2013 and December 2014.

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